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Gunmen kidnap two Westerners working for UN in Yemen - police source


    SANAA (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped two Western nationals working at the United Nations office in Yemen's capital Sanaa, a local police source said on Tuesday, without giving more details.

    Kidnapping is common in Yemen, where the government faces an insurgency from Islamists linked to al Qaeda, a southern separatist movement and fighting in the country's north, as well as sporadic conflicts with armed tribes.

    (Reporting By Mohammed Ghobari; Writing by Angus McDowall; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)